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[QUOTE="Cuseball, post: 4962437, member: 1603"]
Agree with some points.  
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[*]Keep a core seven of Freeman, Moore, JJ, Malik, Cope, McLeod, Westry.  
[*]Keep 2-3 if they would like to stay (Cuffe, Patterson, Bell)
[*]Add 3-4 big time portal players who can challenge for starting roles (Priority #1: forward who can slash and shoot; priority #2: PG who plays like a PG and can keep defenses honest)
[*]Need those portal players to have toughness and strong defense
[*]Starting lineup will depend on what you get from the portal but I would only assume two starters are locked in (Starling and Freeman).  Love Brown but we are all overrating him a bit.  On a really good team he would likely be a 6th man.  Cope is a fun player but he's a bench player on a really good team. 
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Where I disagree is the comparison to Hurley.  He had success at two other schools and had a proven ability to teach defense and toughness.  I worry about Autry's ability to instill a high functioning man defense.  Maybe it's the awful defenders we have this year but our approach and execution is very poor.   Wake found it beyond easy to get our guys to switch into mismatches.

Cuse
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